Stress Accelerates Aging of the Immune System
Traumatic life events and everyday stress prematurely weaken body’s mix of immune cells. It is widely recognized that as people start getting up in the…
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New Research Shows the Earth’s Inner Core Oscillates – Causes Variation in the Length of a Day
Scientists identify a six-year cycle of super- and sub-rotation that affected the length of a day based on their analysis of seismic data. Earth’s structure…
Sonic Hedgehog to the Rescue: Impressive Regeneration To Repair Large Bone Injuries
A stem cell study presents intriguing evidence that large bone injuries might trigger a repair strategy in adults that recapitulates elements of skeletal formation in…
Do You Want a Long Healthy Lifespan? The Characteristics of a “Longevity Diet”
Professor Valter Longo leads a review of research in animals and humans to identify how nutrition affects aging and a healthy lifespan. According to University…
Innovative Experimental Study Provides New Insights Into the Genetics of Heritable Traits
An analysis of 240,000 yeast strains reveals the complex interplay between large-impact genetic markers and genetic background. Enormous dataset presents unprecedented detail of genotype-to-phenotype map…
Where Are Memories Stored in the Brain? They May Be in the Connections Between Your Brain Cells
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering…
First Nano-Sized Molecular Device Capable of Sensing and Altering Cells’ Bioelectric Fields
Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering…
Cranial Neural Crest Cells: A Crowning Achievement in Understanding Head Development
Cranial neural crest cells, or CNCCs, contribute to many more body parts than their humble name suggests. These remarkable stem cells not only form most…
Cough, Cough – Researchers May Have Discovered Why First COVID-19 Wave Spread So Fast in US and Europe
COVID-19 may have spread faster in US because first symptom was cough. Study by USC researchers finds that order of symptoms in first wave of…
Stem Cells Help Lizard Regenerate a Perfect Tail for First Time in More Than 250 Million Years
USC researchers’ experiment helps inform efforts to improve wound-healing in humans. Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can…
What Does It Take To Be a Recon Marine? New Research Aggregates Predictors of Failure and Success
Reconnaissance Marine training is deliberately difficult. About 25-40% of entering services members voluntarily withdraw within the first month. While some characteristics of attrition have been…
New Discovery Helps Explain How COVID-19 Overpowers the Immune System
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses…
Advanced Computer Model Enables Improvements to “Bionic Eye” Technology
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC develop signals that could bring color vision and improved clarity to prosthesis for the blind. There are…
New Low-Cost Dynamically-Controlled Surface for 3D Printers Reduces Waste and Saves Time
3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields—from custom components for consumer products, to 3-D printed…
New Artificial Intelligence Tool Can Thwart COVID-19 Mutations
USC researchers have developed a new method to counter emergent mutations of the coronavirus and hasten vaccine development to stop the pathogen responsible for killing…
“Skeleton Key” Can Unlock a Brain: New Realm of Personalized Medicine With Brain Stimulation
Millions of patients suffering from neurological and mental disorders such as depression, addiction, and chronic pain are treatment-resistant. In fact, about 30% of all major…
Exposure to COVID-19 Could Pose a Risk to the Health and Aging of Individuals Who Aren’t Even Born Yet
In-utero exposure to the coronavirus pandemic could cause developmental difficulties and accelerated aging in the century ahead, say USC researchers. Exposure to COVID-19 could pose…
Deep Underground “Rock-Melting” Forces Explain Quakes on San Andreas Fault
Rock-melting forces occurring much deeper in the Earth than previously understood appear to drive tremors along a notorious segment of California’s San Andreas Fault, according…
